Cruisin' Above The Clouds

By Paul Douglas Castle

This challenging book called cruisin' above the clouds portrays an exceptional God, and an exceptional place in my heart, equal to finding Utopia. However, finding the place called Utopia has duel meaning, and being euphoric in mind and spirit are similar to finding the land of Utopia.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Stratton Press
• Release date: Jul 30, 2021
• ISBN: 9781648954856

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Acknowledgments

In all the following stories wherever scriptures appear, they are taken from the excellent King James Special Study Edition Bible. And I do have to say, everyone interested in knowing God should read the Bible and abide by its perfect commandments.

The Special Study Edition Bible, outstanding and incredible, was published by the Global Bible Society at P.O. Box 6068, Ashville, NC 28816. And I do thank them for the special Bible they’ve published to edify God, and I enjoy it extremely much.

I do want you to know, everything else written in this book is my analogy. And the things I write in this book are based on the perfect word of God as I understand it. And I do hope you enjoy reading these stories as much as I enjoyed writing them.

God bless you.

Sincerely,

Paul Douglas Castle

Bible story writer

Theologian of the heart

Creative story designer

Dedications

Even though the word of God isn’t accepted by everyone. It’s still available to all of us interested in finding it, and it’s our responsibility to find it. However, thanks to God, He’s made certain; we all have a chance to understand the reward of immortality and the consequences of damnation.

Maybe He doesn’t expect us seeking after Him to be as wise as theologians. However, maybe He does, and maybe we should try to be as wise as them. Anyway, which way it may be with God. It doesn’t hurt for us to understand His gospel extremely well because it will improve our character by many folds.

I do assure you, He’s provided us enough information to understand the beginning of things until the end of things. And if we do not seek after understanding and the wonderful prize of immortality, then our failure to grow wings is basically our own fault.

I sincerely dedicate these Bible stories to my Creator God first, and then to my earthly father and mother, and Bryan Paul Castle, Paul and Jason, and nephew David, and grandson Aden. And my sincere love to all of them, and I do hope the best for you too.

Contents

Chapter One

Mountain Climbing

Chapter Two

Cruisin’ Above the Clouds

Chapter Three

Falling in Love with the Word of God

Chapter Four

The Jungle World

Chapter Five

A Thorn in the Devil’s Side

Chapter Six

John 3:16

Chapter Seven

Splintered Christianity

Chapter Eight

My Bible Analogy

Chapter Nine

An Open Claim

Chapter Ten

Taking a Closer Look

Chapter Eleven

Filled with Wisdom

Chapter Twelve

The Word of God versus Spinach

Chapter Thirteen

Instinct of the Heart

Chapter Fourteen

Rattlesnake or Demon

Chapter Fifteen

The Ancient One

Chapter Sixteen

Undesirable Definition

Chapter Seventeen

The Eye of the Needle

Chapter Eighteen

The Reason Lucifer Wants Us in Hell

Chapter Nineteen

The Second Death

Chapter Twenty

Looking Deep, or Playing on the Surface

Chapter Twenty-One

Bird in Distress

Chapter Twenty-Two

Filthy Rags

Chapter Twenty-Three

God Designed Art

Chapter Twenty-Four

Enthusiastic or Indifferent

Chapter Twenty-Five

The Spirit of God and Us

Chapter Twenty-Six

No Favorites

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Hopelessly in Love

Chapter Twenty-Eight

In the Presence of God

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Time Is Wasting Away to Impress God

Chapter Thirty

Rebellion Erases God

Chapter Thirty-One

After Meeting Yeshua

Chapter Thirty-Two

Taking Off the Rose-Colored Glasses

Chapter Thirty-Three

The Paradox Dilemma

Chapter Thirty-Four

A Lack of Moisture

Chapter Thirty-Five

Better People

Chapter Thirty-Six

Scrub Brush and Soap

Chapter Thirty-Seven

The Spring That Never Runs Dry

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Evaluating Fear

Chapter Thirty-Nine

How Many Words Does It Take?

Chapter Forty

Added Requirements to Grace

Chapter Forty-One

Counsel from Above

Chapter Forty-Two

Definitely Saved

Chapter Forty-Three

Stereotyped

Chapter Forty-Four

The Hook in Lucifer’s Jaw

Chapter Forty-Five

Serve or Reject

Chapter Forty-Six

Incurable, Incurable, Incurable

Chapter Forty-Seven

Beauty and the Flesh Contest

Chapter Forty-Eight

Equal Love

Chapter Forty-Nine

Brain Power

Chapter Fifty

Dragon Transformation

Chapter Fifty-One

He Looked Like Other Men

Chapter Fifty-Two

Two Fathers

Chapter Fifty-Three

Giving Away Hope

Chapter Fifty-Four

Christianity by Degree

Chapter Fifty-Five

The Barrier

Chapter One

Mountain Climbing

This personal to everyone story concerning our growth with God called mountain climbing. It fulfills the definition of a metaphor story, and it’s because literal mountains are not the subject within this metaphor story being talked about.

However, mountain climbing is a perfect analogy, and it fits the subject this meaningful story illustrates. And you and I are the subjects climbing this metaphor mountain. And regardless of race, color, or gender, we’ve all had a mountain or many mountains to conqueror.

I do guarantee you because of personal experiences, all of us are mountain climbers, one way or another. And we started climbing mountains, soon after we learned to walk and talk. And I do assure you, we’ll be climbing mountains until the day we die.

The mountains in this metaphor story are many trials and tribulations of various sorts. And as always with God, the testing of our character is gauged between righteousness and unrighteousness. And this metaphor story parallels to all our literal endeavors.

I do assure you, the character gauge used by our Creator God to test everyone upon this earth has two important words written upon it. And every person living upon this earth are climbing up the mountain or sliding down the mountain.

Which means, because of serious importance to God, many of our everyday decisions are based on His gauge words. And His serious gauge words are called righteousness and unrighteousness, and His gauge words are never wrong.

Positively, because of great importance, I do want you to know, righteous works will advance us up the mountain, and they’ll get us close to the top. However, unrighteous works have the opposite effect, and they’ll slide us down the mountain.

Beyond the shadow of a doubt, we all start out on the bottom of the mountain. And we’ll have to climb our way to the top, and climbing to the top will take a lot of effort and determination. And the metaphor mountains we encounter aren’t much different than a literal mountain, except for the type of terrain.

Truly, I do not know of any person, created from the dirt of this earth that starts out their expedition in life upon the top of the mountain. And equal fairness means we’ll all start out from the same location, and the same location is at the bottom of the mountain.

However, the challenge in this story is to stand upon the top of the mountain and claim victory over the stumbling blocks in life. And achieving this victory means we’ve fought against the powers of darkness, and we’ve resisted and defeated many temptations.

I do want you to know, the many stumbling blocks in our life, we encounter alone the trail. They are similar to rock slides in our path and washouts in the road we must go around before we can reach the top of the metaphor mountain.

Definitely, I do hope you realize all different types of sin are our enemy, and sin stands between us and the top of the mountain. And we will have to defeat the terribleness of sin before we can claim victory and stand upon the top of the mountain.

Positively, every day we live and breathe, life is a challenge, and it’s similar to climbing to the top of a steep mountain. And every time we conquer a terrible sin, we get closer to the top of the mountain. And the closer we get to the top of the mountain, our feelings will become more euphoric.

Truly, getting to the top of the mountain in this personal to everyone story cannot be accomplished in one or two days, and the climbing isn’t always easy. And I am certain, some parts of the mountain will be harder to climb than other parts of the mountain.

Positively, I do want you to realize, we humans are on a long journey, day after day, and tomorrow is an unknown puzzle. And because of our inability to know the future, we do not know how many mountains we’ll visit before our adventurous journey ends.

I do assure you, the metaphor mountain in this adventurous story will take a lifetime to conquer. And we may as well prepare ourselves because we’ll have to climb the metaphor mountain every day of our life. And when we wake up in the morning, we’ll start climbing again.

Mainly because, we do have to build a road as we go up the mountain, and we’ll have to remove all the road blocks and the washouts. However, it’s for certain: we cannot be a quitter and still please our wonderful God or reach the top of the mountain.

However, all the hard work we put into climbing this metaphor mountain will make our climb worthwhile. And especially, after we finally stand upon the top and look down the mountain we’ve climbed. And this euphoric moment reveals the reason we are determined to climb the metaphor mountain.

I do want you to know, from the top of the metaphor mountain, we can see where we’ve come from and all the foreign obstacles we’ve had to remove alone the way. And we will consider it a joy, when we stand upon the top of the mountain.

Positively, standing upon the top of the mountain elevates us to a greater height, way above our old sinful life. And nothing feels better than standing upon the top of the mountain and knowing for certain, we’ve conquered the ground underneath our feet.

I do assure you, climbing this metaphor mountain will take a lot of willpower, and we cannot accomplish the climb on our own, and we’ll need a Ghost Instructor for a lead man. And without having a Lead Man, we’ll not make it to the top of the mountain.

The path going up this metaphor mountain illustrates the footsteps we take in life. And because we have heavenly supporters, special people will be waiting for us at the top of the mountain. And even though the special people are beyond our sight, they see every footstep we take along the way.

The metaphor mountain in this story reaches into the clouds, and after getting to the top, we may not desire to come back down. Simply because heaven is our dream place, we’ve been waiting a lifetime to find. And when we reach the top of the mountain, we’ve found our dream place.

Definitely, it’s my prayer for you to climb to the top of the mountain and build your house in the high places. And especially, since everyone in heaven observes us from the high places. And when we get to their place, it’s not a metaphor mountain anymore.

Truly, getting to the top of the mountain means we’ve connected the loop of life, we’ve made a full circle, and are back to the same place we began. And every day we live and breathe, making a full circle should be our plan.

Positively, I do assure you, this time when we get to the top of the mountain, located in the land of Utopia. We’ll have learned many things, and we’ll be better citizens than we were the first time, when we knew God from before.

Happy mountain climbing to you, and enjoy every step you take along the way. And do be assured, there’s a grand prize given to everyone that climbs to the top of the mountain. And I am glad to tell you, the first and the last will receive the same prize!

Chapter Two

Cruisin’ Above the Clouds

This declaration story called cruisin’ above the clouds. It’s expressing a wonderful Utopian metaphor, and the wonderful Utopian metaphor illustrates you and me reaching for the stars in the heavens above. And us looking for a dream land, reserved exclusively for dreamers.

Cruisin’ above the clouds hasn’t anything to do with plane rides, or any kind of mechanical aircraft, or winged creatures. However, we do know for certain, there is transportation to our dream land, and certain individuals have found a way to cruise above the clouds.

Cruisin’ above the clouds is another way of saying, something or someone is going beyond normal to achieve the extraordinary. And conversion after conversion to Christianity proves, we dreamers have the faith to believe, we will achieve the extraordinary.

Cruisin’ above the clouds reveals another world beyond the imagination of men, and highly intelligent creations call it their home. And I can easily say, these highly intelligent creations dreamed a wonderful dream, and their dream came true.

Furthermore, I do want you to know, these highly intelligent creations, compassionate and righteous have amazing power, and supernatural strength beyond our understanding. And because of their unique design, these heavenly residents see everything we do and hear every word we speak.

Cruisin’ above the clouds are the Father, the Son of God, and the Holy Ghost. And the watchers and the holy ones in heaven, and all the salvation winners gone before us, and whosoever has managed to win the wonderful prize of immortality.

I do assure you, as we’ve found out through examples, our Father, and His Son, and the wonderful Holy Ghost have unlimited power. And their power is without boundaries, and we are monitored subjects seeking to live in their world. And this is the dream dreamers dream of achieving.

Definitely, I do want you to know, these wonderful heavenly creations are the role model for wise men. And the not so wise do not believe in them. And sadly, to say, the not so wise do not have the same dream as wise men dream.

Beyond the shadow of a doubt, I do conclude: the not so wise have impaired vision. And they do not believe there’s a beautiful Utopian city in the sky, having streets of gold, twelve gates of pearl, and walls embedded with diamonds and jewels.

The not so wise do not believe as the dreamers believe. And they do not believe this Utopian city in the sky has pure water, clear as crystal. And it constantly flows from the throne of God, and it’s purer than any water we’ve ever tasted upon this earth.

The not so wise do not believe this city in the sky has an exceptional fruit tree growing within the midst of the streets. And it’s called the tree of life, and it yields twelve manners of fruit every month. And the leaves growing thereon it are for healing the nations.

As for you and me, and all other Christians too, cruising in the clouds of our imagination, and not having tangible proof of anything. Still yet, we believe these things are true and real, and we dream about transitioning to this Utopian city in the sky.

Cruisin’ in the clouds means we believe Bible stories are true, and there’s a special place in the heavens above for me and you. And we dreamers believe, we shall see the King face to face. And we believe, we’ll have His name written into our forehead.

Cruisin’ in the clouds is a metaphor story, and we believers in the Father and the Son are the cruisers. And the clouds are symbolic of our hopes, dreams, and desires. And after our conversion to Christianity, we live for the day our Utopian dream comes true.

However, this unstable place called planet earth shakes our reality tree. And gravity holds us down, and we are a lucky person if we can jump three feet off the ground. However, I am one hundred percent for certain, gravity will not be a problem forever, and especially after we grow wings.

Anyway, the fact of the matter is clear, and we dreamers are stuck here until our spirit departs from the flesh. However, when this moment in time is over, we dreamers will overcome gravity. And compliments of God, we’ll go cruisin’ above the clouds.

However, please be aware, while we are living here in the flesh, life isn’t a bed of roses or as sweet as chocolate-covered cherries. And all of us believers will be put through a rigorous test in this life. And our loyalty to God will excel or fail upon planet earth.

It’s for this reason, the Creator of heaven and earth purposely gave to us a set of Judgment Scales, and the scales have three seriously important words written upon it. And these three judgment words will decide who gets wings and who doesn’t get wings.

These three meaningful judgment words, exceeding the pinnacle of importance. And written upon the Judgment Scales are the most important words in this world. And the definition of these three Judgment Scale words sends us up or down from here.

I do guarantee you, every person living upon this earth. And it’s regardless of race, gender, or color, fits the definition of one of these three Judgment Scale words. And the Utopian dreamers are aware of these three Judgment Scale words.

These three Judgments Scale words are called hot, cold, and lukewarm. And you do need to know, they are the barometer words our Creator God uses for evaluating us. And this means these three Judgment Scale words divide people into three groups.

The three important barometer words written upon the Judgment Scales of God coincide and entwine with the conclusion to the whole matter. And these three serious Judgment Scale words will decide who gets permission to cruise above the clouds.

The righteous conclusion to the whole matter is summed up in six easy to understand words, and they aren’t meant to be complicated. And these six extremely important words are reverence God and keep His commandments. And if we do keep His commandments, we’ll cruise above the clouds.

Cruisin’ above the clouds means we’ve found the conclusion to the whole matter, and we love it, and we believe in the validly of its words. And the dreamers that dream about living in the land of Utopia, believe there’s nothing written as great as the conclusion to the whole matter.

Positively, I do want you to know, if we want to cruise to the city in the sky, then we’ll have to fit the definition of hot and on fire for the wonderful word of God. And this means hot and on fire for the word of God is part of the formula for growing wings.

Unfortunately, because of failure to comply with requirements, not everyone gets their wings. And I do warn you, the cold and the lukewarm person will not grow wings. And sadly, to say, they’ll not be able to cruise above the clouds or fly to the beautiful Utopian city in the sky.

Therefore, our boldness and courage and our loyalty to God is tested in the fire. And all our decisions we make in this life, coinciding with right and wrong, reveal our temperature definition. And for this reason, this test we are taking is the most important test we’ll ever take in this lifetime.

Truly, I do want you to realize, this planet earth is a neutral zone between heaven and hell. And stepping off the neutral zone designates us to one place or to the other place. And this is the word of God and a good reason to be a commandment lover.

The perfect Son of God, glorious and righteous, is the Mediator between God and us. And if we are ashamed of Him, then He’ll be ashamed of us on Judgment Day. And for our sake, and because we care about the destiny of our soul, we better not be ashamed of Yeshua.

I do assure you, we have God-given requirements in this life. And please do not forget, it’s a requirement to lay up treasures in heaven. And the sincere and helpful works we do to enhance His gospel truth, builds up our treasures in heaven. And the number of treasures we lay up in heaven, depends on the degree of our helpful works.

Beyond the shadow of a doubt, the lukewarm and the cold are forgetful people. And sadly, to say, they are too uncaring to lay up treasures in heaven. And on Judgment Day, they’ll be too broke to get through the guarded gates of pearl.

Therefore, because they didn’t put the word of God first, while they were living in the flesh, cruising above clouds is a privilege they’ll not receive. Since we are warned, no mansions are prepared for the cold and the lukewarm person. And we are told in advance, not to be lukewarm or cold.

This dream about heaven story, and our new home in the Utopian world called cruising above the clouds is a warning story too. And it’s saying, be hot and on fire for the wonderful gospel of God, or do not expect to cruise above the clouds.

Therefore, because I care about your soul, I do hope to see you dreamers in Utopia someday, wearing a beautiful set of wings, and cruisin’ above the clouds in your new Christ-like body. And I am certain, it’ll be a pleasure to roam around in the land of Utopia, free and happy as a bird.

Furthermore, I am certain, having a beautiful set of wings will be much better than having an automobile or a motorcycle. And before this unique story ends, I do have a personal comment to declare. And I am telling you, the gift of wings is a monumental gift.

Chapter Three

Falling in Love with the Word of God

This sincere short story entwines the perfect gospel of God and the emotion of love together in a needed unity, similar to the heart needing blood. And this is a perfect analogy, portraying the kind of connection we should have with our wonderful Creator God.

Within this explanation story, I’ll gladly use myself for an illustration person. And I am one hundred percent for certain, all kinds of people can be illustrated the same as me. And I am not alone when I say, I am in love with the beautiful word of God.

I do know for certain, many people fall in love with many things. However, as for me, I’ve fallen in love with the excellent word of God. And this does happen to believers in Christ, after they realize the wonderful characteristics His word represents.

Beyond the shadow of a doubt, ungodly people not in love with the word of God would say, I am far out there. And they might say, I am a Christian fanatic. However, I am glad to be deep into the word of God, and I do not mind being called a Christian fanatic.

Furthermore, I do want you to know, I do consider it a compliment, even if it wasn’t meant to be a compliment. And I am not ashamed to say, the beautiful word of God has captured my heart, and my heart will not part from the incredible word of God.

I’ve lived the sinner’s life, and I didn’t like it. And I am ashamed of it, and I am glad I’ve fallen away from the things God hates. And the new and improved me gladly studies the word of God intensely. And I am overjoyed whenever I discover something new about God.

I am thankful to say, the Holy Ghost reveals mysteries to me all the time. And He does so, because He knows, I’ve fallen in love with the perfect word of God. And when I stand before the throne of God someday, I’ll be glad to say, I’ve fallen in love with the perfect word of God.

Positively, there’s many roads and crossroads upon this earth. And going north, east, south, and west reveals a lot of different directions. And life is the same way, and we humans are symbolic of the many roads and crossroads, and the different moral and immoral directions available to us.

Therefore, I do want you to know, because we are free men, we can pick and choose our likes and our dislikes. And we can reject God for a life of sin, if we want to. And I do assure you, our great God will not interfere with our gift of freewill.

However, I am telling you; and warning you too. There’s no true happiness found within people that put the word of God out of sight. And especially, if their heart leads them in the wrong direction, and they pursue and love the pleasures of sin.

Truly, happiness is the great pearl a man finds in the field. And thereafter finding it, a man will sell all he has for the right to keep the great pearl. And falling in love with the word of God illustrates the same thing as finding a great pearl and not wanting to part with it.

The great pearl in this confused world is the righteous word of God. And falling in love with the required word of God reveals a person intending to travel to the end of the rainbow until they make it back to the source of the great pearl.

Therefore, I am one hundred percent for certain and because of my experiences in life. I do believe true happiness cannot be found, and the pearl cannot be so important, unless we fall in love with the perfect word of God.

I do assure you, and I do sincerely believe, we all deserve a life of peace and happiness. And within the heavens above are happy heavenly creations, and they traveled to the end of the rainbow and made it back home to our Great Creator God.

The common denominator entwining heavenly creations to peace and happiness. I can tell you for certain, it’s falling in love with the excellent word of God. And I do believe, the only loyal love in this world, loyal to us is the wonderful word of God.

The truth of the matter is